cobarde
[koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]
The verdict
“cobarde” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,272 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,272
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cobarde |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cobarde” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cobarde is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,272 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobarde, with forms such as "cboarde", "ccobarde", and "coabrde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cobre", "colarse", "cobardes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cobarde, spelled C-O-B-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia.
- 2Propio o prototípico de una persona cobarde₁
- 3Dícese de quien se aprovecha de los más débiles para atacarlos cruelmente por no tener valor para enfrentarse a sus pares.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cboarde,ccobarde,coabrde,cobadre,cobardde,cobared,cobarrde,cobbarde,cobrade,covarde,ocbarde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobarde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cobarde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-B-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cobre” - see the side-by-side comparison. cobarde vs cobre
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.